Programming Basics - E-Mu Vintage Keys Operation Manual

Programming Basics

This chapter explains how Vintage Keys sounds are constructed and
contains important background information on how to create your own
custom presets.
Your initial involvement with Vintage Keys will most likely be using the
existing presets and selecting MIDI channels. While the factory presets are
very good, there are some things you will probably want to change
eventually, perhaps the LFO speed, the filter frequency or the attack time.
You may also want to make your own custom presets using complex
modulation routings. This module will do far more than you ever imagined
and there are whole new classes of sound just waiting to be discovered.
Each preset can consist of up to four instrument layers. Each of the four
layers can be placed anywhere on the keyboard and can be crossfaded or
switched according to key position, velocity, or by using a real-time control
such as a wheel, slider, pedal, LFO or envelope generator. A preset can also
be "linked" with up to 2 more presets creating additional layering or splits.
Vintage Keys has an extensive modulation implementation using two
multi-wave LFO's (Low Frequency Oscillators), three multi-stage envelope
generators and the ability to respond to multiple MIDI controllers. You can
simultaneously route any combination of these control sources to multiple
destinations.
There are 512 user locations (User Banks 0-3) available to store your own
creations or edited factory presets. It's easy and fun to edit or create your
own unique presets.
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